Deployment of Femtocells in Pakistan: A Consumer's Perspective

Femtocell base stations operate in the licensed cellular band, and are small and low power devices providing a feasible and low cost alternative to microcell deployment in order to improve indoor signal coverage at homes and small buildings. Despite many benefits that can be offered by wide scale femtocell deployment by network operators, there are some mandatory factors related to the end user perception in adopting and paying for the technology. In this paper, a thorough survey has been conducted to get an idea about the end user perspectives in regard to the deployment of femtocells.